Comment & Opinion

Democratic rhetoric over the past week foreshadows that voters who were hoping the new congressional majority would focus on middle-class economic con...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — It's a longstanding truism of modern American politics: The next presidential race begins as soon as midterm elections end. That no...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Now that Democrats have regained control of the House, they will likely embark on a mission to expand government in the name of mak...

HARRISBURG — Men and women who sat down at the long table crammed into the tiny room time and again this year each represented about 260,000 Pennsylva...

NEW YORK (TNS) — There’s an episode of "The West Wing" where the White House tries to get the ailing chief justice of the United States, a liberal fir...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Votes were still being counted in their party’s worst midterm defeat in a half-century when top Republicans looking toward 2028 beg...

When did we become a people who harbored such a strong belief that others will give us something for nothing? It’s not a new concept, really. We’ve al...

The Senate has advanced a permitting reform bill. But its future in the House remains murky. It would be a mistake, however, for lawmakers to miss the...

When someone needs prenatal care, the ability to get an appointment should not depend on how many clinicians happen to practice nearby. Yet across Pen...

The 2026 midterms were a drubbing for Republicans at nearly every level of government. But there’s an overlooked upshot of the Democrats’ sweep that c...

Europe may regulate its own market. It should not set the world’s technology rules by default. America was born in rebellion. Maybe that’s why Europe ...

President Donald Trump wasn’t on the ballot Nov. 3, but he asked voters to pretend that he was. And they did. What resulted were crushing defeats acro...

Veterans in Bradford and throughout McKean County embody stories that stretch well beyond their time in uniform. From the Army, Air Force and Coast Gu...

NEW YORK (TNS) — The unprecedented investment boom to build out the infrastructure for artificial intelligence is projected to reach more than $10 tri...

The Pennsylvania Senate voted 47-3 last month to enact a school cellphone ban, two days after the House passed it 141-62. Josh Shapiro signed it into ...

After Democrats’ midterm sweep that gave them control of the House and Senate, the investigation into the Epstein files is likely to receive new atten...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — In the hours following his resounding win against GOP candidate Stacy Garrity, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro took a victory lap on...

Everyone recognizes that politics is a swinging pendulum, but this time the pendulum was a wrecking ball, leaving Pennsylvania Republicans with consid...

BOSTON (TNS) — Petty, vindictive Democrats celebrated their midterm blue wave by pledging to torture Donald Trump and potentially ride him out of the ...

DETROIT (TNS) — Michigan elected Abdul El-Sayed to a six-year term in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. Don’t be surprised if he doesn’t finish it. El-Sayed...